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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

monkeys

An illegally imported monkey found tied to a tree in Mazkeret Batya on March 19, 2025 (Israel Police)
March 20, 2025, 3:27 pm
Sanctuary receiving, treating smuggled monkeys says surging trade ‘breaks our hearts’
Primatologist Tamar Fredman, whose sanctuary has taken in 16 monkeys seized by police, warns that wild animals don’t make good pets, suffer emotionally, pose risks to humans
By Sue Surkes
A lion cub (left) and a monkey rescued by police in operations in Kfar Qasim and Lod, March 15, 2025. (Israel Police)
March 15, 2025, 1:58 pm
Police rescue lion cub, monkey from illegal animal traders
Authorities believe cub was smuggled into Israel, say anyone who came near the animals must be tested for diseases; another cub and monkeys recovered in ops earlier in the week
By ToI Staff
This undated handout photo downloaded from the Symbio Wildlife Park's facebook page shows Pygmy marmosets at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney.(MICK MARIC / SYMBIO WILDLIFE PARK / AFP)
August 30, 2024, 5:27 am
Marmosets use ‘vocal labels’ to identify one another, Israeli study finds
Hebrew University researchers find that monkey subset can recognize when calls are directed at them and are more likely to respond when addressed by their ‘name’
By Issam Ahmed
Sai, a 5-year-old red-collared lemur, that escaped from his enclosure at the Ramat Gan Safari in central Israel on February 14, 2023. (Ramat Gan Safari spokesperson)
February 15, 2023, 10:24 am
Rare lemur found after brief escape from Ramat Gan Safari
Sai, 5, recovered by staff in nearby park, hours after fleeing from zoo; red-collared lemurs are native to Madagascar and classified as endangered
By Michael Horovitz
This image from a video shows a monkey loitering around a home in Yamaguchi, Japan, July 23, 2022 (Anonymous via AP)
July 27, 2022, 2:30 pm
Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys trying to snatch babies
Japanese macaque attacks — on 58 people in 3 weeks — are getting so bad Yamaguchi city hall hired a special unit to hunt them with tranquilizer guns; no serious injuries so far
By YURI KAGEYAMA
Dr. Itay Roffman (bottom right corner), co-director of the new Israeli branch of the Jane Goodall Institute, addresses the 50th annual conference of the Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, against the backdrop of an undated photo of him with Jane Goodall. Tel Aviv, July 7, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel))
July 7, 2022, 10:52 am
Primatologist Jane Goodall to set up conservation organization in Israel
Branch of global Jane Goodall Institute will focus on ecological corridors, wetland restoration and use of Bedouin knowledge to replant native species
By Sue Surkes
Monkeys in a cage at the Mazor Farm near Petah Tikva, in central Israel. (Courtesy, IPSF)
December 14, 2021, 5:56 am
Primate sanctuary, JNF swing into action to take 1,100 monkeys off state’s back
Jewish National Fund to provide land to expand forest home of sanctuary, allowing it to take in macaques left in cramped cages for years after Petah Tikva breeding farm shut down
By Sue Surkes
A macaque plays pong with its mind as a part of a project by Elon Musk startup Neuralink. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 10, 2021, 6:48 am
Brain meshed with computer, a monkey plays ‘Pong’ hands-free
Elon Musk startup Neuralink puts chip in macaque’s brain that lets it play video game with its mind; system could be used to help paralyzed people, keep humanity ahead of AI
By AFP
The monkey that was recovered by police several days after being stolen from a zoo in Kiryat Motzkin, in July 2020. (Israel Police)
July 21, 2020, 8:34 pm
Three men arrested for stealing monkey from zoo in northern Israel
Primate, worth thousands of shekels, back home after being recovered by police
By ToI Staff
A rhesus macaque. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
July 3, 2020, 10:43 am
Chinese study shows 6 monkeys infected with coronavirus had short-term immunity
Unclear how long such immunity could last in humans; some reports of people possibly becoming reinfected, though there is speculation these are test-related issues
By AFP
In this July 29, 2008, file photo, a rhesus macaque monkey grooms another on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island, off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. Since 1938, the 37-acre island has served as a research colony where the monkeys, originally from India, are studied. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
June 2, 2020, 1:55 pm
Monkeys, ferrets offer needed clues in COVID-19 vaccine race
Researchers infect animals with the coronavirus to study their bodies’ reaction, but say that much work still needs to be done
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
The monkey Tachtouch in Al Qouzah, southern Lebanon, June 7, 2019. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT/AFP)
June 8, 2019, 5:49 am
Tachtouch returns to Lebanon after monkeying around in Israel
After his weeklong escapade in Jewish state, French nun who owns the vervet calls him a ‘peace messenger’ for crossing militarized border
By AFP
A vervet monkey that escaped from a farm in southern Lebanon, crossed the border into Israel and evaded capture for two weeks, was finally tempted into a cage with food, June 6, 2019. (YouTube screenshot)
June 6, 2019, 11:26 pm
Lebanese monkey nabbed after 2-week chase in northern Israel
Experts from Yodfat Monkey Forest finally manage to tempt vervet into cage with food after he was spotted in villages and towns around northern Israel but evaded capture
By Sue Surkes
A monkey, which escaped from a farm in southern Lebanon and crossed into Israel, explores a stack of empty fruit crates in the town of Dir al Assad. (Twitter screenshot, June 3, 2019)
June 4, 2019, 1:14 am
Lebanese monkey still on the run in northern Israel
The primate that infiltrated the border last week continues to show up in various towns in northern Israel, evading all efforts to capture it
By ToI Staff
A monkey, which escaped from a farm in southern Lebanon and crossed into Israel, encounters a puzzled dog in a sheep pen. (Twitter screenshot, May 26, 2019)
May 29, 2019, 8:04 pm
Mischievous monkey escapes from Lebanese farm, enters Israel
Vervet makes dash for freedom from Ship of Peace farm run by French nun near Bint Jbeil and crosses border into Israel, where it continues to evade capture
By ToI Staff
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